Kayla Hoffman was born on August 13th, 1988 in Summit, New Jersey to Richard and Helen Hoffman. Kayla began gymnastics at age of three in 1991. Her mother used to do gymnastics when she was younger. After she initially put Kayla in classes, Kayla has love it ever since! Currently, she is a NCAA gymnast training at the University of Alabama. Kayla is not the Hoffman with gymnastics talent; younger sister Emma is also a competitive gymnast!

Up until level 10, Kayla spent her years at Sunburst Gymnastics. She won the bars title at Level 8 State. In 2000, she qualified to the Level 9 Easterns and finished 4th overall. In 2001, Kayla placed 3rd at Level 10 Regionals and qualified to the JO Nationals. At the end of the year, Kayla decided to further her gymnastics career at a different gym, Rebound Gymnastics.

Kayla was recovering from an injury in 2002. In 2003, Kayla started her season at Friendship classic as a junior and finished 3rd in the all-around behind Maria Kryuchkova of Russia and Grace Taylor of Aiken. She missed qualifying to international elite at Elite Zone Meet. In 2004, Kayla successfully qualified to international elite level and qualified to the US National Championships. Unfortunately, she could not compete at the US National Championships due of an injury.

2005 was Kayla's most successful year as international elite. She again easily qualified to international elite level. When Kayla went to the National Team Training Camp in February, the coaches were impressed with her gymnastics and qualified her straight to the US National Championships! Kayla used the US Classic as a tune up for the upcoming US National Championships. She finished 19th in the all-around. At Kayla's first US National Championships, she impressed many people with her clean form and wonderful technique as well as her power on floor exercise and vault. She placed 8th in the all-around and made her first US National Team.

Kayla began her 2006 season at the Friendship Classic in Pottsville, PA. She placed 2nd in the all-around right under Japan's Mayu Kurodo. Just a week after the Friendship Classic, Kayla got selected as one of two senior gymnasts to represent the USA for the 2006 Moscow World Cup in May. Kayla qualified to two event finals on the first of competition at the World Cup. She was 2nd on bars and 4th on floor. Unfortunately, she fell on both of her events during the finals and placed seventh on both. Kayla used the US Classic in Kansas City, Missouri as a tune up for the upcoming US National Championships. She placed 10th in the all-around. Kayla made the Senior US National Team for the second time in row after tying for 11th in the all-around with Jacquelyn Johnson. Kayla was invited to go to the World Selection Camp and was invited back to the second camp. Sadly, Kayla could not go to the second camp due of hamstring injury.

In 2007, Kayla decided to retire from elite gymnastics, so she could focus on getting ready for her first year at University of Alabama. Kayla and her new Alabama teammates started their season in the beginning of 2008 at Alabama vs Illinois, where Kayla finished 2nd in the all-around. Kayla helped the team to win 9 competitions throughout the season, including the South Central Regional Championships. Kayla won seven vault titles as well as six floor exercise titles. At the NCAA Championships, the Alabama gymnastics team advanced to the Super Six and finished 6th. Kayla qualified to vault finals, where she placed 5th. After Kayla's regular season was over, it showed that Kayla was No. 5 on vault, No. 33 on uneven bars, and No. 18 on floor exercise. She also earned All-American honors and was named to the inaugural SEC All-Freshman team as well as earning second team All-Sec.